An international conference on border security, which was held in Riyadh recently to mark the Border Guards’ centenary, decided to set out a national strategy in cooperation with local and global experts.
It also called for increased efforts to achieve sustainable development of the Kingdom’s border regions. “Such efforts would encourage people to live in these areas and make our borders safer.”
Marine border guards must be provided with advanced technologies to carry out their mission, the conference said, adding that it would boost their capabilities to combat piracy, intrusion and smuggling.
“Topics related to border security should be included in school and university curricula, which should highlight King Abdul Aziz’s efforts to tackle border disputes,” the final communiqué said.
It stressed the need to improve border guards’ capabilities by providing them with intensive training, developing training programs of border guard institutes and setting up a research center.
